Monthly Archives: August 2024

CHATTER AWAY: Overnight Open Thread

Billboard Magazine reports: Some Oasis fans celebrated like a champagne supernova, while others looked back in anger on Saturday (Aug. 31) as online ticket sites strained under demand for the band’s first shows in 15 years. The Britpop-era behemoth led by brothers Noel and Liam Gallagher is scheduled to play 17 gigs in Cardiff, Manchester, London, Edinburgh and Dublin starting …

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Felon Hails Men Who “Allow” Wives To Attend Rallies

“Somebody said, ‘Women don’t like Donald Trump. I said, ‘I think that’s wrong. I think they love me. I love them.’ “They’re wealthy as hell, look at ‘em. They’ve got nothing but cash. Their husbands are great. But they allow them to go all over the country. “I say, ‘How do you put up with this? Your wives are traveling …

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Trump Shares Racist Signs From CO Street Artist Who Has Said He Wants To Use Latinos As “Target Practice”

Kyle Clark reports for Denver’s NBC affiliate reports: A Republican activist who publicly mused about shooting Latinos this week is claiming credit for racist signs that appeared overnight in Denver on Thursday. Sabo, as he is known, describes himself as a street artist. His company lists a PO Box in Aurora. Sabo told 9NEWS that he has been contacted by …

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Felon Claims To Back Florida’s Legal Weed Measure

“As everyone knows, I was, and will be again, the most respected LAW & ORDER President in U.S. History. We will take our streets back by being tough & smart on violent, & all other types, of Crime. “In Florida, like so many other States that have already given their approval, personal amounts of marijuana will be legalized for adults …

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Harris Blasts Felon Over Arlington: He “Disrespected Sacred Ground, All For The Sake Of A Political Stunt”

Posted this afternoon to Harris’s X account: As Vice President, I have had the privilege of visiting Arlington National Cemetery several times. It is a solemn place; a place where we come together to honor American heroes who have made the ultimate sacrifice in service of this nation. It is not a place for politics. And yet, as was reported …

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Lawsuit: Megachurch Staff Covered Up Child Sex Abuse

The Christian Post reports: A lawsuit filed against MorningStar Ministries earlier this month accuses founder Rick Joyner [photo], along with several top officials of the organization and multiple other staff members, of gross negligence for allegedly engaging in the cover-up of multiple incidences of sexual abuse in the ministry. The lawsuit names as defendants: Joyner, MorningStar Fellowship Church, Joyner’s second …

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Brazilians Flock To Bluesky After Providers Block X

The Guardian reports: Millions of Brazilian X users found themselves unable to access the network on Saturday morning as internet providers and mobile phone companies began to enforce the ban. When the Guardian tried to access the network on its computer and mobile phone, it received a message reading: “Seems like you lost connectivity. We’ll keep retrying.” Large numbers of …

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Habba Ridicules “Miss Harris” For “Giggling” In Public

“Ladies and gentlemen, I don’t know if you saw her on CNN, but let me be very clear. I am an American woman! I am a MAGA woman! And I don’t need a man standing next to me to get up and speak! “So while Miss Harris is too busy trying not to giggle in front of the American people, …

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House Dems Petition Army To Release Arlington Report

CBS News reports: Democratic lawmakers with the House Oversight Committee sent a letter Friday to the U.S. Army requesting a report into an altercation earlier this week involving an Arlington National Cemetery employee and Trump staff who brought campaign photographers to the cemetery. In the letter, the committee’s ranking member, Democratic Rep. Jamie Raskin of Maryland, wrote to Army Secretary …

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Man Gets 5 Years For Threats To “Don’t Say Gay” Judge

Reuters reports: A retired teacher was sentenced on Wednesday to five years in prison for threatening in obscenity-filled voicemails to harm a federal judge in Florida who had rejected a challenge to the state’s so-called “don’t say gay” law restricting classroom discussion of sexual orientation and gender identity. U.S. District Judge William Jung in Tampa sentenced Stephen Thorn, 66, to …

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Publishers And Authors Sue Florida Over Book Bans

Via press release from Penguin Random House: Penguin Random House, Hachette Book Group, HarperCollins Publishers, Macmillan Publishers, Simon & Schuster, and Sourcebooks have filed a lawsuit against Florida public officials, challenging sweeping book removal provisions of HB 1069, an education law that restricts books in school libraries. The additional plaintiffs joining the publishers are the Authors Guild, bestselling authors Julia …

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Carlson Launches National Arena Tour With Extremists

NBC News reports: Tucker Carlson, who ignites controversy with incendiary comments about race, immigration and LGBTQ rights, among other issues, is taking his show on the road next week for a 16-day cross-country tour that will feature a slate of Donald Trump loyalists and right-wing provocateurs. Among the guests scheduled to appear on stage with Carlson at various stops are …

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Vance: Women With Careers “Choose Path To Misery”

The Guardian reports: Donald Trump’s running mate, JD Vance, said that professional women “choose a path to misery” when they prioritize careers over having children in a September 2021 podcast interview in which he also claimed men in America were “suppressed” in their masculinity. The Ohio senator and vice-presidential candidate said of women like his classmates at Yale Law School …

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New Jersey Pastor Arrested On Child Sex Charges

The Central Jersey News reports: A 61-year-old pastor at a Throop Avenue church has been charged with sexually assaulting a child. Roby D. Cruz-Hernandez, of the Somerset section of Franklin, a pastor at Iglesia Pentecostal El Mesias, was arrested at his home and charged with sexual assault, a second-degree crime, and endangering the welfare of a child, a third-degree crime, …

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Trump Claims Schools Perform Gender Surgery: “Your Kid Goes To School, Comes Home With An Operation”

“But the transgender thing is incredible. Think of it. Your kid goes to school and comes home a few days later with an operation. The school decides what’s going to happen with your child and you know many of these childs [sic] 15 years later say, what the hell happened? Who did this to me? They say, who did this …

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Felon Tells Moms For Liberty He Wanted Ivanka To Be UN Ambassador: She Hired Millions Of People [VIDEO]

Mediaite reports: “I’d love to know why you choose and continue to choose to work with your children in business and politics,” Moms for Liberty co-founder Tiffany Justice asked. “And do you have any advice for people about working with your kids?” “Well, I’ve always liked it,” the ex-president replied. “Like, Ivanka was great. She could’ve done anything. Great student. …

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Cops Taser Cultist Who Stormed Media At Trump Rally

The Associated Press reports: A man at Donald Trump’s rally in Johnstown, Pennsylvania, stormed into the press area as the former president spoke Friday but was surrounded by police and sheriff’s deputies and was eventually subdued with a Taser. The altercation came moments after Trump criticized major media outlets for what he said was unfavorable coverage and dismissed CNN as …

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CHATTER AWAY: Overnight Open Thread

Variety reports: Nicole Kidman and Harris Dickinson brought sexy back to Venice Friday night at the premiere of Halina Reijn’s kinky, sex-filled “Babygirl.” With Kidman playing a high-powered CEO and Dickinson as the young intern she with whom starts a sexual relationship, “Babygirl” stimulated the Venice audience, leading to a 6.5-minute standing ovation that lasted all the way through the …

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NYT: Liz Cheney Expected To Soon Endorse Harris

The New York Times reports: Ms. Cheney, who has repeatedly pledged to do whatever it takes to stop Mr. Trump from holding office again, never took the stage in Chicago and has yet to endorse Ms. Harris despite repeated outreach from the vice president’s campaign. Ms. Cheney, perhaps the most prominent Republican in the nation making the case against Mr. …

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Judge Advances Musk’s Lawsuit Against Media Matters

Law & Crime reports: In a 16-page ruling in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas, Judge Reed O’Connor, a George W. Bush appointee who previously sided with Musk on discovery and who reportedly owns Tesla stock, wrote that a review of the “relevant case law” led him to the conclusion that Media Matters, its president Angelo …

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